JPS6313594Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the invention] [Industrial application field] This invention relates to a beverage vending machine, and more specifically, it allows more people to enjoy drinks such as instant coffee that suit their tastes in a small space. This invention relates to a beverage vending machine that has a material stocker with a two-layer structure so that the material stocker can be dispensed.

[Conventional technology]

As a beverage vending machine, as described in Utility Model Application No. 53-91183 and Utility Model Application No. 55-16056,
Multiple stockers containing powder raw materials are installed side by side,
A nozzle provided below the stocker and a screw conveyor are installed inside the stocker, and a shutter provided downward from the end of the nozzle feeds into the mixing bowl in conjunction with the rotation of the screw conveyor. Beverage vending machines are known that are configured to take out a predetermined amount of raw materials when opened, mix the raw materials with a predetermined amount of diluent to make a beverage, and vend the beverage automatically.

In this way, the beverage vending machines that are currently in practical use have a single-layer material stocker, which means that the number of material stockers is small and it is not possible to respond to the diversification of user tastes. Beverage vending machines had to be placed side by side in one place, or larger vending machines with larger widths and depths that could sell a variety of beverages had to be prepared.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

However, this approach has problems in that it increases installation costs, requires a large space for installation, and requires a power source corresponding to the number of vending machines.

Therefore, in order to store many raw materials in one beverage vending machine, for example,
As shown in the publication, the problem can be solved by stacking the raw material stocker in two layers instead of one layer.
Even if the material is simply stacked in two layers, when considering the replenishment of raw materials, a stepladder must be used to raise and lower the upper material stocker, and especially when replenishing the lower material stocker, the upper material stocker must also be raised and lowered. There is a point.

The purpose of this invention is to eliminate the problems of the above-mentioned conventional techniques and to provide a beverage vending machine equipped with a material storage mechanism that has a large material storage capacity, easy material replenishment, and a small frontage. be.

[Means for solving problems]

The purpose of this invention described above is to provide a pair of guide rails with a length approximately equal to the depth of the casing on the upper inner surfaces of the front plate and the rear plate, and on the guide rails, a pair of supports perpendicular to the base plate are provided. A sliding slide in which pulleys pivoted at both ends of the plate are mounted, a chain gear drive lifting mechanism with a drive device and a pair of guide rods are attached to the base plate, and these guide rods are attached to the side plate of the upper material stocker. The upper material stocker is inserted into the dynamic support member so as to be movable up and down via the elevating mechanism, and is pivotally connected to the side plate of the lower material stocker on a guide rail provided approximately in the middle of the height of the side plate of the housing. This is achieved by movably displacing the lower material stocker by engaging respective pulleys.

[Effect]

After removing the shooter, the upper material stocker is moved to the front plate side along the guide rail attached to the side plate. When the drive device is operated, the upper material stocker moves to the lower material stocker using a chain gear drive lifting mechanism. It can be lowered quietly forward.

When the supply of raw materials into the upper stocker is completed, the drive device is reversed to raise it again, and when the upper stocker has finished rising, it is moved to the back plate side along the guide rail.

In addition, the material stocker on the lower level can be refilled by moving it on the guide rail from the back plate side to the front plate side.
Both the upper and lower material stockers can be refilled at relatively the same height at the lower part.

〔Example〕

1 to 3 are cross-sectional views of the beverage vending machine of this invention. This beverage vending machine 1 consists of a pulley on a pair of guide rails 4a and 4b arranged in the depth direction at the top of a housing 2. A pair of support plates 27a and 27b are provided via 28a to 28d. Pulleys 28a to 28d pivotally supported at both ends of a pair of support plates 27a and 27b mounted perpendicularly to the base plate 26 are engaged with the pair of guide rails 4a and 4b, and are suspended from the upper part. The material stocker 14 is movable. Further, the base plate 26 described above includes a reducer,
A drive device 29 consisting of a shaft, a motor, etc., and shafts 30a, 30b rotated by this drive device.
Chains 32a and 32b are respectively hung on chain gears 31a and 31b attached to both ends of the shaft, one end of the chain is fixed to the base plate 26, and the other end is fixed to the side plate 16 of the upper material stocker 14.
a, 16b, and a chain gear drive type elevating mechanism 34 is attached to the partition plates 10a to 10d inside the box body 8, which has an opening for replenishing materials and a lid plate on the upper part of the guide rod 33 fixed to the base plate 26. The side plates 16a, 16 of the upper material stocker 14 are completely partitioned into a plurality of material storage chambers 12a to 12e.
Sliding support members 18a, 18 attached to b
b, and is attached so that the upper material stocker 14 can be moved in the front-back direction of the housing 2 and raised and lowered in the vertical direction.

Further, the guide rails 5a, 5b, 5c, and 5d are provided with a plurality of material storage chambers 13a to 13d, with the inside of the box 9 having an opening for replenishing materials and a lid plate at the upper part completely partitioned by partition plates 11a to 11d. Side plates 17a and 17 of the lower material stocker 15 that constitutes 13e
Pulleys 19a, 19c, 19e and 19 attached to b
b, 19d, and 19f are engaged to suspend the lower material stocker 15 and enable it to be moved in the front-rear direction of the housing 2.

The aforementioned chain gear drive type lifting mechanism 34
is the chain 32 as shown in FIGS. 4a to 4d.
One end is fixed to the base plate 26 and the other end is fixed to the side plate of the upper material stocker 14, and the upper material stocker 14 is moved along the guide rod 33 inserted through the sliding support member 18 as shown in FIGS. 4a and 4. The lowered state shown in FIG. 4b can be changed to the raised state shown in FIGS. 4c and 4d.

Furthermore, the guide rails 6a to 6d are provided with mixing balls for mixing the materials taken out from any one or more of the material storage chambers 12a to 12e and 13a to 13e of the material stockers 14 and 15. 20a to 20e are attached to the box 21, and the rails 6 are attached to both side plates 22a and 22b.
Pulleys 23c and 23d that are in contact with rails 6b and 6c are suspended via pulleys 23a and 23b and 23e and 23f that are in contact with rails 6b and 6d.

In addition, 7 in the figure is the upper lid of the housing 2 that can be opened and closed, 24,
Reference numeral 25 denotes a removable material dispenser attached to each material storage chamber, which can take out a fixed amount of material by rotating a valve and a bend motor (not shown). Further, the lower part of the upper material stocker 14 is a pulley 14A, and a pair of rails 14 having a length of approximately half the depth of the casing 2 are fixed to the rear plate 3d.
It is rotatably supported on b and 14b.

Furthermore, a diluent is injected into the mixing bowls 20a to 20e by well-known means to produce a beverage, and this beverage is sold in cups CUP for sale as shown in FIG.
It is poured and sold.

The beverage vending machine of this invention has the above-mentioned structure, and the cases of replenishing and repairing materials will be described below.

Figure 5 shows the lifting mechanism 3 on the guide rails 4a and 4b.
The upper material stocker 14 suspended by the
By placing it in front of the normal position in the casing 2 shown in the figure, it can be moved close to the front panel of the casing. Furthermore, the lower material stocker 15 and the box 21 suspended by the guide rails 5a to 5d and 6a to 6d are similarly pulled forward from their fixed positions in the housing 2 shown in FIG. As shown in Figure 7, it can be moved to the front end of the housing.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, after the upper material stocker 14 is moved forward and removed from the rail 14B, the drive device 29 is energized to move the shafts 30a, 30b and the chain gear 31.
a and 31b are rotated, and the rotation of the chain gear lowers the upper material stocker 14 to the position of the lower material stocker 15 via the chain 32, and this lowered state is maintained by a limit switch (not shown). From this lowered position, by reversing the motor, it can be raised to a position where the upper limit switch (not shown) is actuated, and this lowered position is the lower material stocker 15.
can be lowered at the front when it is at the rear. By lowering the upper material stocker 14 to the position of the lower material stocker 15 in this way,
Materials can be easily replenished into the storage chamber of the upper material stocker 14, and even if the materials are normally stacked vertically, materials can be replenished individually into each material stocker 14, 15 and the boxes can be repaired. This can be easily done by removing the top cover 7.

Each of the guide rails 4a to 4d and 6a to 6d is a flat rail, but is an angle rail.
By using pulleys having V-grooves for 18f to 23a to 23f, the operation can be performed more smoothly without coming off the rails. Also, the above operation may be performed manually using a rotating handle or the like without using a motor.

Alternatively, the raw material and diluent may be poured into a sales cup CUP and sold.

[Effect of idea]

As described above, this invention adopts a means to solve the above problems, and therefore, materials are replenished into the material storage chambers of each of the upper and lower material stockers at a relatively lower part of the casing. This makes it possible to carry out the sale without using a stepladder, and it also becomes possible to sell a wide variety of beverages without increasing the width of the casing.

In addition, since the upper material stocker can be vertically lowered and raised in front of the lower material stocker, there is no need to cut corners at the front upper part of the lower material stocker, so the material storage capacity of the lower material stocker can be maximized. It can be said that it is a big deal.

In addition, by providing a chain gear drive type lifting mechanism, the upper material stocker can be raised and lowered by electrical switch operation, and since there are no stacking elements, the above-mentioned movement of the upper and lower material stockers can be done smoothly and easily. This has the advantage of requiring a small installation space.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figures all show one embodiment of this invention; Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing only the configuration of the main parts of a beverage vending machine; Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along line B-B in Fig. 1, Figs. 4a to 4d are explanatory diagrams of the main parts of the lifting mechanism, and Figs. Explanatory diagram showing the state of movement in the body, No. 9
The figure is a sectional view taken along the line CC in FIG. 8. 2...Housing, 3a, 3b...Side plate, 3c...Front plate, 3d...Rear plate, 4a, 4b, 5a-5
d, 6a to 6d...Guide rail, 14...Upper material stocker, 15...Lower material stocker, 14A...
...Pulley, 14B...Rail, 18...Sliding support member, 19a-19f, 23a-23f, 28a-
28d... Pulley, 27a, 27b... Support plate, 29
... Drive device, 33 ... Guide rod, 34 ... Chain gear drive type lifting mechanism.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a beverage vending machine in which materials are taken out via shutters that are removably installed in a plurality of material stockers housed in two upper and lower layers inside the housing, mixed with a diluent, and sold, the depth of the housing 2 is A pair of guide rails 4a, 4b having lengths approximately equal to , are provided on the upper inner surfaces of the front plate 3c and rear plate 3d, and on the guide rails 4a, 4b, a pair of support plates 27a, Pulleys 28a to 28d are mounted on both ends of the shaft 27b, and a chain gear drive lifting mechanism 34 having a drive device 29 and a pair of guide rods 33, 33 are attached to the base plate 26,
These guide rods 33, 33 are inserted into sliding support members 18, 18 attached to the side plates 16a, 16b of the upper material stocker 14, so that the upper material stocker 14 can be raised and lowered via the elevating mechanism 34, and A pulley 19a is pivotally connected to the side plates 17a and 17b of the lower material stocker 15 on guide rails 5a to 5d provided approximately in the middle of the heights of the side plates 3a and 3b of the housing 2.
A beverage vending machine characterized in that the lower material stocker 15 is movably provided by engaging the lower material stockers 15 to 19f, respectively.